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So Anastasia Tremaine is one of my favourite side characters from Disney, and with her whole story arc in Cinderella 3 I really wanted her love interest, The Baker, from the second movie.

I've been putting off doing this custom for so long because he has SUCH  drastically different body type from any male dolls out there that I knew it was going to take a while to attempt it.

But I decided to finally do it and went ahead and started modifying a Mego Aquaman since I had a spare of him around. I added to his chest and stomach, as well as added more bulk to his face so he would look less like Kristoff and vaguely different enough to be his own person.

Also, since the Baker has an upturned nose I modified that as well.

I hemmed and hawed about shortening his legs until I realised the shoes I had didn't fit the Mego feet so I cut off his original feet and ankles and added some Monster High feet instead. I also trimmed out a portion out of his thigh and strung the pieces back with wire, foil and a lot of superglue and cornstarch to fill the gaps.

I then covered his thighs to bulk them out but also to fill in the mess it left, as well as filled in the upper arms as they were too detailed for my taste.

I them sanded him over two days, and then painted him up in acrylics. I'm still kind of insecure about my colour matching abilities but since he's gonna be covered up I don't mind it.

He is such a uniquely shaped doll but I'm really proud of how he turned out.

I made a fish man.

Well, partially. I had a Monster High body that was missing limbs and frankinsteined him some replacements. Plus a few extra fins and a tail. He can't really stand on his fin leg (though I did make the fin articulated), so I made him a simple crutch. I've been watching art doll videos recently (of the stuffed and wire-articulated variety) and got inspired.

I still need to paint some details to make everything more cohesive and repaint the head. All the translucent additions glow in the dark, so I really want that to come through in his eyes. To cover his head to neck transition, I'll probably use some painted fabric.

The fin for his left leg is somewhere, I just forgot to attach it before I took the pictures.

Got Kay's padding done! The belly is just a bit of a legging and stuffing. Her chest is thin foam padding up top (to "shorten" her neck) and the rest is the same materials as her belly. It's all removable, so if I ever want to take some pictures of Amaya again, I can easily swap everything out.

Unfortunately, the only thing I have that fits her right now is the high-waisted pink dress that's a smidge too small for her chest. I'll take more pictures once I get her different clothes.

I got myself a Big Amaya for Christmas for use as a hybrid.

One nice picture before I take her apart. I do like her head and hope I can stick her on one of those large styling head busts when I find one.

Followed queenofsquid's example and carved her arm joint, plus trimmed her foot joint to let her potentially wear flat SD sized shoes. I added an S-hook by clipping off the post and adding some (temporary, terrible) elastic through the ring in her neck.

I've been looking for a curvy body for Kay (90% sure she's a Luts Jude - idk it's been years). I'm going to add a little fabric padding on her chest front and top to visually shorten her neck and give the poor girl boobs. Also a little belly to balance her hips.

Her faceup is old and damaged and makes her look like she's about to cry in-person, so I hope to redo that when the weather gets warmer.

I'm just so glad the neck is the perfect size! She looks cute even with her depressed faceup. :)

Here's my newly finished Cleo that I thrifted missing an arm, so I made her a prosthetic clipped off a discount Frankie. I always liked the sculpting on those limbs despite the lack of joints. I attached the arm by carving a slot in her arm and attaching it with an eye screw and pin.

I didn't touch her face, just added some details with paint pens. I'm not yet confident enough to use them to detail the shoes.

That being said, I'm happy how she came out, especially her arm and hair (which swooped nicely on it's own).

I hope to start posting more of my dolls here in the future!